{"id":275,"date":"2014-03-20T10:43:58","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T10:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/?p=275"},"modified":"2014-03-04T14:15:49","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T14:15:49","slug":"put-spring-in-your-gardens-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/put-spring-in-your-gardens-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Put Spring in Your Garden\u2019s Step"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/canstockphoto8302954.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-276 aligncenter\" alt=\"canstockphoto8302954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/canstockphoto8302954.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/canstockphoto8302954.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/canstockphoto8302954-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/canstockphoto8302954-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>People in the UK are heaving a sigh of relief because spring is almost here. If your garden has suffered from floods or harsh winter weather, there are a number of ways to revamp it.<\/p>\n<p>Plant some fresh plants, whether they&#8217;re shrubs, wall or trellis climbers, or borders. Dig up any plants that are really old and overgrown or cut them back vigorously, and feed the soil with organic fertilisers. Give your garden pizzazz with pretty, colourful flowers.<\/p>\n<p>Even in the city you&#8217;ll have wildlife stopping over in your garden. Choose native plants where possible to encourage birds, butterflies, bees, and other insects to visit every day.<\/p>\n<p>If paving stones aren&#8217;t your thing, lay a permeable surface like gravel or reclaimed timber. Rain Water will soak away quickly and your garden will have a rustic feel. Add an attractive bench so you can relax and enjoy your creation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People in the UK are heaving a sigh of relief because spring is almost here.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[117,113,58,116,101,114,115],"class_list":["post-275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-improvements","tag-clear-out","tag-decorating","tag-garden","tag-gardening","tag-home-improvements-2","tag-landscaping","tag-spring"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295,"href":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}